On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 10:55:43AM -0500, Wayne Sitton wrote: > I don't remember seeing if this posted the first time, so forgive me if it > did. > I need to set up a debian box to print to a Windows NT shared printer. > The NT server is a PDC . The printer is an HP 5000. If anyone could help, I > could use it. > > Waynes > The easiest way is # apt-get install printtool It is a Redhat product, so I don't know about it's security, like having the password for print server in clear text somewhere.
~# apt-cache depends printtool printtool Depends: file Recommends: <wish> tkstep8.0 tk8.3 tk8.2 tk8.0-ja tk8.0 Recommends: gs gs-aladdin Recommends: enscrip Try it without samba, samba-common, smbclient first, and then add them if it doesn't work. You can use any of the hp laser jet filters and have it work, and if your HP 5000 supports postscript, it will spare some processor time on your machine. J.Currey